Marseille, France

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Marseille, France

That morning

Sunrise

7:55 AM

7:55 AM

Clears the hills at 8:07 AM, 12 min after sunrise

7:26 AM Blue hour
7:55 AM Sunrise
8:34 AM Golden hour ends

Sunset

6:52 PM

6:52 PM

Behind the hills at 6:47 PM, 5 min before sunset

Too far ahead for a weather forecast. These are the sun's own times - they will not change.

6:13 PM Golden hour
6:52 PM Sunset
7:21 PM Blue hour ends

Meteor shower

Orionids

Best around 5:37 AM

Very LowExcellent
8:22 PM Dark enough
5:37 AM Best
6:26 AM Too light
Estimate
A few/hour
from a dark spot here, off its peak night
Radiant climbs to
62°
Under a perfect sky
20/hour
Moonlight
70% lost
Speed
66 km/s

Where they come from: Halley's Comet (1P/Halley)

Dust shed by Halley's Comet, the same stream as May's Eta Aquariids. The comet itself last came round in 1986 and returns in 2061; its dust arrives every October.

The estimate is how many you might really see from a dark spot here, allowing for how high the shower climbs and for moonlight. "Under a perfect sky" is the best case. The bar also counts the forecast cloud at the best time, so a clouded-out night sits at the bottom, as does rain on the radar now.

Also from Halley's Comet. Fast meteors that often leave glowing trails.

Full moon

Full Hunter's Moon

Supermoon - rises 6:45 PM in the ENE

6:45 PM – 9:07 AM

The full moon after the Harvest Moon. Hunters tracked game across the fields the harvest had cleared, by its light.

ENE WNW
6:45 PM Moonrise
7:07 PM 4°
1:51 AM Highest, 61°
8:43 AM 4°
9:07 AM Moonset

Between the two 4° marks the Moon is clear of haze and most of what stands on the horizon.

Rises
6:45 PM in the ENE
Exactly full
1:29 PM
Distance
221,760 mi - supermoon

The disc is biggest and most orange in the first half hour above the horizon, and moonrise here is worked out to the minute for a flat horizon.

Timetable

  • Morning blue hour 7:26 AM–7:55 AM
  • Moonset 7:44 AM
  • Sunrise 7:55 AM
  • Morning golden hour 7:55 AM–8:34 AM
  • Morning best color 8:12 AM
  • Evening golden hour 6:13 PM–6:52 PM
  • Evening best color 6:23 PM
  • Moonrise 6:45 PM
  • Sunset 6:52 PM
  • Evening blue hour 6:52 PM–7:21 PM
  • Fully dark 8:27 PM–6:21 AM
  • Dark, no Moon Not tonight - the Moon is up

Upcoming celestial events for Marseille, France

Tiangong space station Modest pass, WSW to SSE, 21 deg up
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:37 PM Southern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:56 PM Northern Taurids Still active, a few an hour
Wed 4 Nov 2026 6:56 PM New moon Moonless and fully dark 7:00 PM to 5:40 AM Sun 8 Nov 2026 8:01 AM Northern Taurids A few an hour
Wed 11 Nov 2026 6:48 PM Leonids Around 7 an hour
Mon 16 Nov 2026 6:43 PM Partial solar eclipse 72.5% of the Sun covered
Mon 2 Aug 2027 11:03 AM Partial lunar eclipse 6% of the Moon in shadow
Tue 11 Jan 2028 5:13 AM Partial solar eclipse 65.8% of the Sun covered
Wed 26 Jan 2028 5:40 PM Total lunar eclipse 71% of it above your horizon
Sun 31 Dec 2028 5:51 PM Total lunar eclipse 70% of it above your horizon
Mon 25 Jun 2029 5:22 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 53 minutes
Thu 20 Dec 2029 11:42 PM Partial solar eclipse 65.6% of the Sun covered
Sat 1 Jun 2030 7:07 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 46 minutes
Mon 18 Oct 2032 9:03 PM Total lunar eclipse 77% of it above your horizon
Thu 14 Apr 2033 9:12 PM Partial solar eclipse 8.3% of the Sun covered
Mon 20 Mar 2034 11:18 AM Partial lunar eclipse 1% of the Moon in shadow
Wed 27 Sep 2034 4:46 AM Partial lunar eclipse 10% of the Moon in shadow
Sat 18 Aug 2035 3:11 AM Total lunar eclipse Totality lasts 74 minutes
Mon 11 Feb 2036 11:12 PM Total lunar eclipse 98% of it above your horizon
Wed 6 Aug 2036 4:51 AM Partial solar eclipse 49.6% of the Sun covered
Thu 21 Aug 2036 8:18 PM

Every celestial event, and where else to see it